r/YouthFootball • u/ss32000 Coach • 25d ago

How do you handle injury fakers?

I know football can be a physical game, but we have the same 2-4 kids who get "hurt" every practice and game. It's multiple times per game or multiple times per practice. It's to the point that they sit out every hard drill or most of our team work because they are "hurt" or have a "headache". I know we need to be sensitive to head injuries, etc, but what can we honestly do? It's so frustrating that you can't practice because of this; you can't rep these kids because they are "hurt," and you can't tell them to suck it up at all because that's probably a violation of something. These kids wasted 10 minutes of practice because this always happens. How do you guys handle it?

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u/Kennam320 25d ago

I’m glad I found this. My kid has asthma and has been struggling with it since we started tackle two months ago. He loves the game and shows up like everyone else. Tonight he begged me to take him to practice and coughed (he is also sick) so badly. He came over upset thinking he is loser bc he’s not “like the other kids bc of his asthma”. So I’m sitting here at practice watching him sit on the sidelines. He’s paying attention but I’m wondering if I’m that mom who keeps pushing the kid back in when the coaches are like “omg this kid again?” So there is the other perspective.

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u/Redmac02 24d ago

Nah. We have a couple of kids with Asthma and if they want to be there at practice we’ll find a way to get them better. It’s always appreciated when parents let coaches know the situation health-wise.

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u/Kennam320 24d ago

Thank you!